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Aerial assault team, minutes matter. >> well just make our drop inside that canyon. >> reporter: the squadron of four helicopters operating at a cost of $2 million a year may be the most valuable asset in this southern california tinderbox. >> these helicopters are worth their weight in gold because they can get up quickly and they can suppress the fire within minutes. >> reporter: nimble and agile, much of the air attack across the country is also aging. some of the refurbished planes date back...

The u.s. believes china will turn these islands into military bases. the u.s. flew a surveillance plane over the disputed waters and american warships patrol the region as a warning. as we got closer to the reef the chinese sent a warning signal through the haze. theyve now flashed several warning signals at us. our captain is starting to get nervous. he tells us its time to get out of here. romulo barcoma later told us he felt it was too dangerous to go any closer. "we dont really know the chin...

>> jeremiah moffett is saved. >> when the helicopter started to lose control, the flight engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cab and hit a button which shirred the cable and essentially blew it off so i was no longer attached to the helicopter. the six crew members in the helicopter came to help jeremiah, but now theyre the ones who need help. look at the replay of the videotape. theyre ejected, and the hulking helicopter rolls over some of the...

Ago, you stat down at a typewriter, and it was three or four forms, and you sent them off and crossed your fingers. today its even easier in that you can get to these forms and do these things all on the internet right with your computer laptop. once you submit them then the hard part starts. >> you spent 30 years as anas naul. >> 30 years as a nasa employee. took me 15 years as an engineer before i finally got selected. as an astronaut. then i spent 15 years as an astronaut. >> one of the thing...

There on the space station, the largest windows that have ever flown in space. what is that area of the station like? >> well, that area has a special place in my heart because i had the honor five years ago of installing it on a space shuttle mission, sts-130. i got to be there and open up the window for a first time. its like being in a bay window in a kitchen, only they completely surround you. you can position yourself so you can see 360 degrees, you can see the full curvature of the earth i...

You have these two sociopathic killers still on the run. we are nearly ten days after they tunnelled their way out of the clinton correctional facility this maximum security prison in new york. dogs on the trail of richard matt and david sweat. they are using heat-seeking technology. we sent a crew up into a chopper to find out exactly how this crucial part of the search really works. >> we could stay up about three hours. well be doing 130, 140 miles an hour. we can get there pretty quick. that...

>> the pilot scrambles to get the motor started. seconds later the engine starts up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy teams dont last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started. come, on man. get it start. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this time the pilot cant restart the engine. >> can i see the color. i can see people walking on the sidewalk down there. get it started. desperation ...

"there are all kinds of constructions all over china every day," he said. "the island construction is no different." the south china sea is one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. china lays claim to the spratley island, but so do many of its neighbors. the united states sees it as international water, and last week the dispute escalated when the u.s. flew a surveillance plane over chinas newly constructed islands. >> reporter: the chinese foreign ministry defended its claims. "its certain cou...

Engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cab and hit a button which shirred the cable and essentially blew it off so i was no longer attached to the helicopter. the six crew members in the helicopter came to help jeremiah, but now theyre the ones who need help. look at the replay of the videotape. theyre ejected, and the hulking helicopter rolls over some of them twice on the way down. but the mountain has another miracle in store on this day. amazi...

Now every second is crucial. and then, suddenly, a change in the wind. >> there we are, talking about things going wrong. hang on, fellows. oh, my goodness. oh, that is horrible. good lord. oh, fellows. oh, my goodness. youre watching this live, folks. >> i absolutely couldnt believe what i was seeing. >> more than six tons of metal flip over seven and a half times, rotors going in every direction. debris and the crewmen flying everywhere. jeremiah, who thought he was safe seconds earlier, nowhe...